the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, 'Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. fMat. xxi. 18.-g Mat. xxi. 19.-h Mat. xxi. 12. Luke For all nations. Jer. vii. 11- Mt. xxi. 5, of xix. 45. John ii. 14.—i Is. lvi. 7. Or, an house of prayer xix. 47.- Mat. vii. 28. ch. i, 22. Luke iv. 32.-n Mat. xxi. 19. Or, Have the faith of God.-o Mat. xvii. 20; & xxi. 21. Luke xvii. 6.-p Mat. vii. 7. Luke xi. 9. John xiv. 13; & xv. 7; xvi. 24. Jam. i. 6, 6-9 Mat. vi. 14. Col. iii. 13.-r Mat. xviii. 85. 3 к See § LXVII. § CXXXI. CHAP. XI. 27-33. actions, by the witness of John, who was Christ defendeth the lawfulness of his a man sent of God. 27 to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. And they come again 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people : for all men counted John that them another servant; and at he was a prophet indeed. 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and kill Luke xx. 1. || Or, thing.-t Mat. iii. ing some. s Mat. xxi. 23. 5; & xiv. 5. ch. vi. 20. See § LXVIII. Matthew XXI. 23-32. § CXXXII. CHAP. XII. 1--12. In a parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful husbandmen, Christ foretelleth the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles. AND "he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the. vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them and they left him, and 4 And again he sent unto went their way. a Mat. xxi. 33. Luke xxii. 9.—5 Psalm cxviii. 22. the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled c Mat. xxi. 45, 46. ch. xi. 18. John vii. 25, 30, 44. See § LXIX. Matthew XXI. 33-46. § CXXXIII. CHAP. XII. 13-27. Christ avoideth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Cesar: convinceth the error of the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection. d 13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man : for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar's. 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar at him. 18 e Then come unto him ✓ the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. h 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. d Mat. xxii. 15. Luke xx. 20. Valuing of our money sevenpence halfpenny, as Mat. xviii. 28.-e Mat. xxii. 23. Luke xx. 27.- Acts xxiil. 8-g Deut. xxv. 5.h1 Cor. xv. 42, 49, 52.-i Ex. iii. 6. See § LXXI. Matthew XXII. 15-33. § CXXXIV. CHAP. XII. 28-37. Christ resolveth the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment: refuteth the opinion that the scribes held of Christ. k 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength this is the first commandment. m 31 And the second is like, namely this, " Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; " and there is none other but he : 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 0 36 For David himself said LORD by the Holy Ghost, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. k Mat. xxii. 35.- Deut. vi. 4. Luke x. 27.-m Lev. xix. 18. Mat. xxii. 39. Kom. xiii. 9. Gal. v. 14. Jam. ii. 8.-n Deu. iv. 39. Is. xlv. 6, 14; & xlvi. 9.-o 1 Sam. xv. 22. Hos. vi. 6. Mic. vi. 6-8.-p Mat. xxii. 46.q Mat. xxii. 41. Lube xx. 41.- 2 Sam. xxiii. 2.- Ps. cx. 1. See § LXXII. Matthew XXII. 34-46. CXXXV. CHAP. XII. 38-44. Christ bids the people to beware of the ambition and hypocrisy of the scribes ; and commendeth the poor widow for her two mites above all. 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, "Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the market-places, 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive the greater damnation. 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast TE money "into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two "mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the trea sury: 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. ch. iv. 2.-u Mat. xxiii. 1, &c. Luke xx. 46.- Luke xi. 43-y Mat. xxiii. 14.- Luke xxi. I. || A piece of brass money: See Mat. x. 9.-a 2 Kings xii. 9. Lt is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money.-8 2 Cor. viii. 12.-c Deut. xxiv. 6. 1 John iii. 17. See LXXIII. LXXIV. The narrative of the poor widow is related only by St. Mark and St. Luke. alms, see Matthew vi. 1—4., in Concerning the giving of § XVIII. § CXXXVI. CHAP. XIII. 1-23. Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: the persecutions for the Gospel: that the Gospel must be preached to all nations that great calamities shall happen to the Jews. AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? 'there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James |